Basket



pri 1945- J. H. HOLTVOIGT ,3 ,153. I

BASKET Filed June 20, 1941 eluding .small :toy baskets .knonmio Jbh areinforcing and stiffening member and sarily the only form of emon--"vention,-

Fig. 1 isa perspective view 'of an -assembled basket, partly brokenaway, embodying the preseirt inven-tion. V -Fig. *2 isa perspective viewof "portions-of "the disassembled parts; Q Fig-3 5 a detaiil sectionalview illustrating the manner of assembly of the parts shown in Fig.2.

Figul is aperspective view-of one of reinforcing and stiiTen-ing'ri-ng.-

Patented Apr. 17, 1 945 v John 'injnoitvo gr, :rip masses to,

v F'TheDoIiy {loy corporation of Bhio Application uneau, a v I "z clam-Tlnsuiinvention :pertams to cmitainemand more pant'imilarlyto the andmode-of linannfacfture of basket of inexpensive type; line rtmde asEaster baskets. -"ilrlieretoiore, toy baskets, especially Japan atnotoriously vlow prices. present invention i an endeavor to provide abasket which can compete with the Japanese products,

and-which, therefore, can be: economically rmanufactuned, which will bezstrong and sturdy, andzof pleasingappearan'ce.' I l v Av-further objectof the invention is do provide a basket construction which may berapidly and easily assembled by gunskilled. operators. 5 Aiurther objectof the invention is to prov-ide integral bottom and side slats for suchbasket. tunther object of the invention is to provide means -fiorinterlocking it'wlth the basket 'struotur 1A further object of theinvention is to provide an inexpensive means and method of pivotal-2yconnecting :a handle with the basket J A father object of the inventionis to-provme -method of weaving the basket sides with a "series of loopmembers for such purpose.

1 k fillli'bhel object of the invention is to 'pmvlde 1a, ibasket havingthe advantageous -featnres :and 'inherent "meritorious "characimeizistics and method of assembly herein mentionedW- I L with the aboveprimary and'other incidental obit-acts in viewas will more Tully-appearin the spec ifica-tion, the invention intendedto protested by Letters"Patent consists of the iiewtures of -':construction,- the parts andcombinations --thereof and the mode of operation, orftheir equ'ivalents,as hereinafter describe d 'or illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 'y'vl'iere'in --is shownthepreferred, butobviously not necesd-iment of "the inth bands to be interwoven in thebasketjsides;

. 'Fig; is a. perspective view of a. modification assiar --t:he. Eastertrade, have been imported .isom" mns i iim- (01. 211-422) r in.constructing the Lil-86m; basket, ithereris empl yed :8- lihmk,preferably: of, -.ca-rdboard or :cther ,.;.ilbmus material, oomprismgthe ,bottmn @seotinf1, mind a plurality of integral radially exfiendimrelatively spaced arms v2. The

iblankrwisscoredzat diet jut-return of the arms .2; with the {bottom:ito-enable-the arms 2 to be bent upright into substantiallyperpendicular relation with ,the .bottom J; The ends :of the 10 armvhare mednoed and donned withterminal vvenom .4. Interlaced or woven:aboutthe srmscr slats 2 are flexible strips 15,

which; manrdimnlly :of, paper or thelike, and

wheel-rare variously colored. .fl'he interwoven vstnipe mayybe@Qhfiili-HOUS and interlaced round androundthebasket, r v .'.;1'HQw/revers as an economical and rapid method qof'ixrepfleotamg ;sueh;assembly, thev interwoven strips idpreferably, but not necessarily,compriseendless, bands, aszshown in fig. 4. Such bands one "produced byfirst forming :a tube of I slotsm- .momtises I is positioned overthe-tenons :1.- Thiamine is relatively and greatly reinforces andstrengthens 'the ba'sket structure. reinforcement ring i is locked inplace by .asband or strip fl interlaoed over and under v succeedingteams 14 of the slats *2 and secured thereto rat spa or of vene'e'rflorother thin flexible material which will afford a finished appearance tothebashe't. Likevdise'the bottom I and slats 2 may. b iformed-rrom woodveneer or other ii- 40 brous material-finned of being cut from cardboardI A handle bow ill-maybe fixedly-attached to body of the basket, but ispreferably 131V- ot'dliy connected thereto.

to opposite slat 2 of the basket body by eyelets or'oth'er pivotalcouplings. However, as an inexpensive mode of assembly capable .of beingquicklyefiedteithe' opposite body slats Z are formedwith holes I 1therein, which are punched simultaneously with the initial cuttingoffthe blank. The ends of'fthe handle bow in are studied "throughsuc'h'hole to abit-of ;cardboard -=or-'-washer-l'2 inside the basket, byan ordinary stationery staple ll-"thrust'jthroug'h the end of the handleand idly I tin-cash the enlargedholes ced intervals by stapling as at8.; 5:Ilhe-Jflnai .stri-piorfband 8 maybe of cardboard It may "beattached I! and thence through the washer i2 and clenched. This enablesthe handle to be oscillated from upright to a retracted position ineither direction. In such movement the staple i3 merely rotates to andfro within the 5 hole Ii in the basket slat. Such stationery staplesareless expensive than eyelets and are more easily inserted-by an ordinarystapling device.

2,374,153 r l I? engaged seated on the stop shoulders, and a. swingingbail of fiat strip material pivotally connected with the basket andengageable in the peripheral notches of the reinforcement ring foradjustably supporting said ball in upright posi-- tion.

3. In abasket construction, a receptacle ineluding integral bottom andside walls, a flat swinging'handle bail therefor, the side walls of Inlieu of the flat reinforcement ring 6, such the receptacle havingenlarged holes therein member may be formed into channel shape, as shownat 5' in Fig. 5, with the slots or mortises i to receive the tenons 4 inthe crown of the channel. Due to the fact that when in annular form theinner wall of such'inve'rt'ed channel is of less length than the outerwall thereof, it W is desirable to form such channel-ring from softenedor moist material under pressure.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thusprovided a device of the char- 0 'acter described possessingtheparticularfeatures of advantage before enumeratedas desirable, but

which obviously is susceptible of modification in 'its form,proportions, detail construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the principle involved or sacrificing any of itsadvantages. I

While in order to comply with the statute, the

invention has been described in language more or less as to structuralfeatures, it is tobe understood 3 that the invention is not limited-tothe specific features shown, but that the means and construction hereindisclosed comprise the preferred form of several modes of putting theinvention into i effect, and the invention is therefore claimed in "2 nyof its forms or modifications withinthe'legitimate and validscope of theappended claims. Having thus described my invention, I claim:

Y 1.- A- basket, comprising a body portion and '9. handle thereforincluding a bottom section 40 p t a series of d ss pap r bands interandintegral spaced upstanding slats formed from a single piece offibrous'material, a filling of strip material interwoven inalternatingdirection be- 4 tween. and about the slats, tenons comprising" reducedends: of. the slats, stop shoulders on the slats afforded by. thereduced ends thereof, arezinforcement ringof fibrous material disposedin a plane substantially perpendicular to the slats having spaced slotstherein through which the reduced endspf-the' slats extend, both aboveand below which reinforcement ring the filling .of

interwoven strip material is disposed, certain opposite slats havingholes therein, a flat bail han- .dle strip, the endsofwhich-exteriorly'overlap" .the holes in the slates, washersinteriorlyoverlapping the holes in the slats, wire staplesinterconnecting the ends of the handle strip and the washers through theholesiin the. slatsindependentlyof the slats, and peripheral notchesinthe 1 reinforcement ring within which the bail, handie is engageablefor releasably maintaining the bail in upright adjusted position, theconstruction and arrangement being such that the staples 1 freely rotatein the holes upon disengagement from the notches-of the bail handle forswinging o5 movement thereof.

'which are overlapped by the ends of the fiat swinging handle bail, wirestaples having relatively spaced legs extending through the ends 3 ofthe bail and thence freely through the enlarged holes in the sides ofthe basket without engagement therewith, and stop members overlying theholes of the side walls opposite the ends of the ball through which thestaples are extended and with which they are secured, the constructionand arrangement being such that the bail is mounted on the receptaclefor free pivotal motion wherein the wire staples rotate to and frowithin the enlarged holes in the receptacle wall.

A. A basket including a bottom, upstanding spaced slats formedintegrally therewith, a series of fiat endless bands interlaced oneabove another about succeeding slats, tenons formed on the ends of theslats, a flat ring disposed in transverse plane substantiallyperpendicular to the slats and having spaced 'mortises therein throughwhich the slat tenons extend, and an endless fiat band interlaced aboutthe slat tenons above the flat ring.

5. As an article of manufacture, a paper and cardboard basket, includinga bottom and integral relatively spaced slats cut from a cardboardsheet, the slats being upturned into substantially perpendicularrelation with the bottom woven in alternating relation between and aboutthe spaced slats, terminal tenons formed on the slats, stop shouldersformed on the slats adjacent to the terminal tenons, an endlessreinforcement ring of cardboard having therein a succession of slotsthrough which the tenons of the slats project disposed in a planesubstantially perpendicular to the slats and resting on the stopshoulders in superposed relation with the interwoven endless paperbands, and an additional endless ring interwove between and about the 5ends of the tenons projecting above the reinforcement ring, oppositeslats of the assembly having enlarged holes therein, a handle bail, theends of which .exteriorly overlap the enlarged holes in the oppositeslats, separate pieces of material interiorly overlapping the enlargedholes, and wire staples transfixing the handle bail and the piecesoverlapping the holes at the inner sides thereof independently of theslat containing the hole.

I 6. As an article of manufacture, a. basket structure including abottom, substantially upright relatively spaced slats connected to themargin of the bottom, a plurality of separate independent endless fillerbands interwoven reversely between and about the slats, a flatreinforcement member having therein a succession of slots through whichthe ends of the slats project disposed in a plane perpendicular to theslats, and an endless band interwoven between and about -the ends of theslats projecting beyond the reinforcement member.

"I. A container having a bottom and side walls, the latter beingprovided with oppositely disposed enlarged openings, a handle ball theends of portions through the holes independently of the holes containingside walls, the construction and arrangement being such that the wirestaples freely turn within the holes andinterconne'ct the said interiorhole overlapping pieces positively with the handle bail for unisonoscillatory motion.

JOHN H. HOLTVOIGT.

